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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         2074--A
                                                                Cal. No. 117
 
                               2013-2014 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 9, 2013
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of A. GOLDFEDER, COLTON -- read once and referred to
          the Committee on Environmental Conservation -- passed by Assembly  and
          delivered  to the Senate, recalled from the Senate, vote reconsidered,

          bill amended, ordered reprinted, retaining its place on the  order  of
          third reading
 
        AN  ACT  to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the
          filling of borrow pits in Jamaica Bay; and providing for the repeal of
          such provisions upon expiration thereof
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  Legislative intent. Due to the increase in vessel size in
     2  recent years, New York State waterways such as channels, berthing  areas
     3  and  harbors are being excavated in a process known as dredging to main-
     4  tain sufficient depth for safe and efficient vessel operation.
     5    Dredged material  is  naturally  accumulated  sediment,  much  of  the
     6  dredged  material  does  contain  some  contaminants  at varying concen-
     7  trations.

     8    Jamaica Bay was dredged to supply soil for a  number  of  construction
     9  projects.  This  process  created  borrow pits in the bay.  These borrow
    10  pits have been identified as an attractive alternative for the disposing
    11  of dredge material.
    12    § 2. Section 15-0505 of the environmental conservation law is  amended
    13  by adding an new subdivision 3-a to read as follows:
    14    3-a.  The  department  may  only  grant a permit for the filing of the
    15  Jamaica Bay borrow pits if the proposed sediments and fill materials:
    16    (1) have been tested and the test results are in accordance  with  the
    17  requirements  set  forth in the department's technical operational guid-
    18  ance series 5.1.9 for the in water management  of  sediment  and  dredge
    19  material; and
    20    (2) meet the department's class a criteria.

    21    §  3.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
    22  deemed repealed June 30, 2017.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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